Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From cathair +‎ -óir; a re-formation of Old Irish cathrar (citizen).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cathróir m (genitive singular cathróra, nominative plural cathróirí)

  1. citizen

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cathróir chathróir gcathróir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ cathróir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathrar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102

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